Leslie Bridgers

Press Herald

Leslie Bridgers is the features editor for the Portland Press Herald, overseeing coverage of arts, entertainment and culture. She spent 10 years as a reporter, half of that time for the Portland Press Herald, covering the western suburbs of Portland, writing feature stories and working on special projects. Originally from Connecticut, Leslie came to Maine by way of Bowdoin College and never left.

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Published
October 11, 2020

Hundreds of theaters are closing as the pandemic upends the film industry; here are the biggest releases you’ll have to keep waiting for

Regal Cinemas, the country’s second-largest movie theater chain after AMC Theatres, will be suspended operations at its 536 locations on Thursday – a bold move that its parent company, Cineworld, attributes to an “increasingly challenging theatrical landscape.” The decision affects approximately 40,000 jobs and was primarily driven by delayed release dates and continued closures in […]
Published
October 11, 2020

Art review: CMCA Biennial takes on tough topics

Among the diverse works of the 34 artists, current controversies continually emerge.
Published
October 11, 2020

Society Notebook: Recovery Month rally goes to the movies

The annual Portland Recovery Community Center event was held at the Saco Drive-In and livestreamed on Facebook.
Published
October 5, 2020

Indie Film: Follow David Cross into ‘The Dark Divide’

The comedic actor plays a real-life naturalist in the entertaining film, available through the Portland Museum of Art.
Published
October 5, 2020

Bar Guide: Stock up on syrup and make these maple cocktails

Use Maine Maple Producers Weekend as an excuse to sip on the sweet stuff.
Published
October 4, 2020

‘The Boys in the Band’ seeks relevance in a remake of a pioneering gay film

The 1968 play “The Boys in the Band” – both pioneering and polarizing for its simultaneously honest and stagy depiction of pre-Stonewall-era male homosexuality – gets a handsome, impeccably acted Netflix film adaptation by director Joe Mantello, based on Mantello’s own 50th-anniversary Broadway revival in 2018. As a film, “Boys” is no less bound by […]
Published
October 4, 2020

Art review: Portland Museum of Art exhibit puts Remington in context

But pairing him with Homer in ‘Mythmakers’ is still problematic.
Published
October 4, 2020

Deep Water: ‘The Reveal,’ by Carl Little

Maine poems edited and introduced by Megan Grumbling.
Published
October 4, 2020

There’s a little too much ‘Fargo’ in the new season of ‘Fargo,’ but the trip is still worth taking

Three years have passed since we last saw “Fargo,” creator Noah Hawley’s captivating FX anthology series that greatly expanded on the darkly comedic Coen brothers film, but it might as well be decades. A lot has happened to us lately, and to television as well, which means past seasons of “Fargo” feel more of a […]
Published
October 4, 2020

‘Dick Johnson is Dead’ is a dread-fulfillment fantasy that’s thoughtful and wistfully funny

In her exquisite 2016 documentary “Cameraperson,” director Kirsten Johnson explored footage she had amassed during her years as a sought-after cinematographer, assembling a powerful collage of images from around the globe as well as a touching memoir of her mother, who suffered with dementia. In “Dick Johnson is Dead,” Johnson turns the camera on her […]

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